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59 (number)






Cardinal 59
fifty-nine
Ordinal 59th
fifty-ninth
Factorization ''prime''
Roman Numeral LIX
Binary 111011
Hexadecimal 3B



IN MATHEMATICS


Fifty-nine is the 17th smallest Prime Number . The next is Sixty-one , with which it comprises a Twin Prime . 59 is an Irregular Prime , a Safe Prime and a Supersingular Prime . It is an Eisenstein Prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n - 1. It is also a Highly Cototient Number .

There are 59 Stellation s of the Icosahedron . These are discussed in H. S. M. Coxeter, P. Du Val, H. T. Flather, and J. F. Petrie's book ''The Fifty-Nine Icosahedra''.


IN SCIENCE


In Astronomy ,

: Messier Object M59 , a Magnitude 11.5 Galaxy in the Constellation Virgo

: The , a magnitude 12.4 Spiral Galaxy in the constellation Cetus

:The series which began on -1031 June 19 and ended on 249 July 27 . The duration of Saros series 59 was 1280.1 years, and it contained 72 solar eclipses.

:The Saros number of the Lunar Eclipse series which began on -729 March 30 and ended on 569 May 16 . The duration of Saros series 59 was 1298.1 years, and it contained 73 lunar eclipses.


IN OTHER FIELDS

Fifty-nine is also: